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Don’t Just Avoid the Virus — Defeat It by Strengthening Your Immunity
Simple, science-based steps to boost your immunity can help prevent or moderate infection — including challenging the conventional wisdom about Vitamin C.
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How Much Longer Do We Have to Live Like This?
The most honest, direct answer from experts is ‘we really don’t know’ After announcing an “initial 15-day period” of social distancing on March 16, President Donald Trump told the nation on Monday that he’s “extending our guidelines to April 30 to slow the spread” of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. The extension is exactly what…
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How Coronavirus Is Fast-Tracking Medical Research
The first Covid-19 cases arrived at Stanford’s hospital about two weeks ago, during the second week of March, mostly from the local community. “It’s a condition that has no known definitive treatment,” says Neera Ahuja, medical professor, hospitalist, and medical director of the general medicine inpatient wards at Stanford University. The trends from China suggested…
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Confused About “Shelter in Place”? Read This.
Stay at home and shelter in place. These are our instructions. Dr. Anthony Fauci from the NIH has advised us to stay at home. California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered residents to shelter in place. Connecticut and Illinois have followed suit. My city, Dallas, announced it yesterday. Other places will…
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Can You Get Coronavirus Twice?
Why it’s such a difficult question to answer. Knowing whether or not you’ve had Covid-19 raises another question: If you did have it and recovered, are you immune from getting it again?
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Coronavirus Advice From America’s Foremost Ebola Doctor
Dr. Bruce Ribner, who successfully treated multiple Americans with Ebola in 2014, offers perspective on Covid-19 There’s little denying that the United States was ill-prepared for the coronavirus pandemic. Testing capacity is still staggeringly slow, health workers don’t have enough protective equipment, and there are not enough ventilators. But the United States is not without…
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8 Habits of Super-Productive People Who Work From Home
How to keep yourself accountable, collaborative, and productive — even when working from home. Start Work as Early as Possible. Dedicate Mornings to High-Value Work. If You’re Not a Morning Person, Work When You’re Most Productive. Prepare For a Successful Morning in Advance. Structure Your Day As You Would Normally. Separate Work Zones From Relaxing…
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This Is How Your Immune System Reacts to Coronavirus
People infected with the novel coronavirus can have markedly different experiences. Some report having nothing more than symptoms of a mild cold; others are hospitalized and even die as their lungs become inflamed and fill up with fluid. How can the same virus result in such different outcomes?
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A Lost Sense of Smell: All About the Strangest New Coronavirus Symptom
Loss of smell appears to be yet another symptom to watch for in people who otherwise are not extremely ill – Some people diagnosed with Covid-19 have lost their sense of smell and even the ability to taste food according to a statement this week from ENT UK, a British group representing ear, nose, and…
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5 Coronavirus Facts to Use on Anyone Who Isn’t Listening
College kids on spring break in Miami. Your retired parents insisting they can still go out to lunch. Millennials throwing quarantine parties. Despite the scary Covid-19 projections, shelter-in-place orders, and all the talk of flattening the curve, some people still aren’t getting how serious the novel coronavirus is — and that they play an important…